Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs Vitess

On the evidence we track, Vitess leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Aurora50
Vitess62
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%
Vitess62 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Model
Amazon Aurorafreemium
Vitess
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Fedramp
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Gdpr
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Hipaa
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Pci
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Scorecard
Amazon Aurora
Vitess8
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Aurora99.999
Vitess
Status page
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Aurora
Vitess235
Github stars
Amazon Aurora
Vitess21,259
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Aurora
Vitess62
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Aurora
Vitess6
History
Amazon Aurora
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Aurora
Language
Primary
Amazon Aurora
VitessGo
Market
Availability
Amazon AuroraAvailable worldwide
Vitess

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
Amazon AuroraFull SQL
VitessFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon AuroraFull
Vitess-
Highest isolation level
Amazon Aurora-
Vitess-
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon AuroraStrong
Vitess-
Scale
Horizontal scale
Amazon AuroraNatively distributed
VitessSharded
Replication
Replication
Amazon Aurora-
Vitess-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon AuroraServerless
VitessSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Amazon Aurora
Vitess-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
Amazon AuroraPostgres protocol
VitessMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Amazon Aurora-
Vitess-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon AuroraProprietary
Vitess-
Data types
JSON / document support
Amazon Aurora-
Vitess-
Geo / spatial
Amazon Aurora-
Vitess-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Aurora

Aurora is a serverless, relational database service offering zero infrastructure management and instant scaling. It provides 6x the throughput of standard PostgreSQL and MySQL while maintaining full compatibility with both.

Independently observed

Vitess

Leader

Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Aurora
Vitess
Self-hosted
Amazon Aurora
Vitess

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.